Year: 2013

Another year and another Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival has come to an end. My second consecutive year at the event, it was a truly phenomenal weekend of music where I discovered new talent, caught up with some old favourites – and saw a few legends who I never thought I’d have the chance…

The plot of the recently released Runner, Runner centres around Richie Furst (played by Justin Timberlake), a Princeton student who loses all of his tuition money on Midnight Black, an online poker site run by Ivan Block (played by Ben Affleck) who then ends up working for him, moves swiftly from the get-go, but begins to pace…

Having missed them at Austin City Limits over the weekend, and witnessing way too little of their set at Splendour earlier this year, I was pretty excited to get the chance to see Irish up-and-comers Little Green Cars at the intimate Echo in Silverlake, California. In what is the band’s second US jaunt since they…

Larry sits down at Austin City Limits 2013 with two parts of Franz Ferdinand to talk about their latest record (Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action), the American tour, their return to Australia next month, Neutral Milk Hotel and the unfortunate fall of Harvest Festival, cameras, a new iPhone app idea…and see what happens when…

Larry sits down in the Austin Airstream at Austin City Limits (ACL) 2013 with Kevin Parker from Perth’s Tame Impala. We talk about life on the road since their latest record Lonerism was released 12 months ago – how easy it is to forget what’s happening (and what’s happened) one day to the next –…

Following their four WAM nominations, Perth’s Rainy Day Women returned home from a national tour to launch their latest single “Ain’t It Time?” at Perth’s Amplifier Bar. Completing the bill were fellow locals PUMBA, Our Man In Berlin and 44th Sunset. Opening proceedings were PUMBA, playing only their second ever show. Not that you would…

Regurgitator played the Hi-Fi on Friday night with support from Wampire, Super Best Friends and Bruce. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.

Hello. We are sleepmakeswaves. We make instrumental rock music. Some people call it ‘post-rock’, we prefer to call it ‘love songs about delay pedals’. We are embarking on a tour of Europe with a band called 65daysofstatic. They sound kinda like us, but are slightly older, probably a little better and British. It will be…

Larry sits down with LA based duo Electric Guest to talk about their time between full length records, their recently released EP, what we can expect from the next album, their experiences in Australia, whether or not they have plans to return and more!!

Since 2005, the Comedy Channel has been the host of one of TV’s most irreverent and disturbing, but also hilarious comedy programs. Robot Chicken uses stop motion animation, toys and the twisted minds of Seth Green and Matt Senreich and their fellow animation creators to challenge the boundaries of taste. The GRAPHIC Festival showcase at…

Larry heath sits down with Kendall Schmidt from Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush and his own band Heffron Drive to talk about Slime Time, being in Australia, both projects and all the music that comes with it… and much, much more… ———- This content has recently been ported from its original home on The Iris and…

Big Scary have just finished touring nationally with Bernard Fanning and are soon to head to the Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards, where they are up for three nominations, including best independent artist and best independent album for their latest Not Art. Big Scary have released their two albums through their own label Pieater. We…

Since the Centrepoint Tower’s shopping centre remodeled and re-opened its doors a few years ago as Westfield Sydney, the emphasis on quality food has been as much a priority as the hosting of the hottest international clothing brands. Their food court is widely regarded as the best in Sydney – with upmarket restaurants providing many…

Danny Harley is making some pretty special music under the moniker of The Kite String Tangle, this much is true. We sent him some questions about the musical fields he’s dabbling in currently, how he got into electronic sounds and what we can be expecting from him as he prepares for a November tour! Tell…

With the recent cancellation of the second date of Big Day Out, we’re once again shown that even the most ambitious of festival promoters are having to… well, reconsider their ambitions. It’s more than safe to say that Big Day Out isn’t going anywhere, especially with the management shuffle, but what of the rest? Summadayze…

Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to catch up with the amazing Nicky Bomba under several guises. From his solo material, to his work with John Butler and now the 26-piece Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Nicky has been a very busy man in the Australian music industry. Focusing much of his attention at the moment…

Dear Parks and Recreation, I don’t think you quite realise how much I’ve missed you.   I’ve missed you more than Tom Haverford misses 90s RnB!  More than Ron Swanson misses the days when the government didn’t exist [despite not being alive then].  More than Andy is going to miss Champion, now that he’s hanging out…

In this issue: Box office news for We’re the Millers, a new release from Madman, Metallica at Imax, lineups announced for Austin Film Festival and Greek Film Festival, callouts for entries from Edge and Studio, watch Pandora’s Promise to meet Robert Stone, plus much more… The Greek Film Festival is coming to town The Delphi…

I had an opportunity to good to turn down: sit down with Felix Riebl from The Cat Empire and chat over some Yum Cha at the Marigold in Sydney! You can listen to the full chat below. Enjoy the sound of… food! We talk about their new album, their current tour and much more…

Larry talks to the up-and-coming rock and roll star out of the USA Nikki Hill, who’s one of the young talented artists featured in the early announcements of the 2014 Byron Bay East Coast Blues and Roots Festival. We talk about her music, rock and roll, AC/DC and much, much more… Tickets to Bluefest over…

Australian Hardcore and Metal outfit Hellions have just released their debut record Die Young, and unleashed the latest video for their new song “The Penultimate Year”. We caught up with the group to talk through this, Miley Cyrus and much more… You’ve just released “Die Young”. how long has the album been completed before its…

After heading on sale at Noon today, Future Music Festival sold out its first release allocation of tickets in 35 minutes in Sydney, under two hours in Melbourne and just over three and a half hours in Brisbane. Second release tickets are on sale now in these cities, while First release allocations remain in Perth…

Last week I took some time to look back at my favourite interviews from 2012’s Austin City Limits Festival. But as this weekend will see us return to the festival in question, we thought it was about time we look forward to the festival, rather than back, and give you our top 10 picks of…

Larry catches up with Jason Swinscoe of famed ensemble The Cinematic Orchestra to talk about their upcoming trip to Australia for GRAPHIC festival, working with The Light Surgeons for the event, their latest music and much, much more… listen on! The group will also appear at Melbourne Festival. Don’t miss The Cinematic Orchestra with The…

Being released on Blu-Ray and DVD in Australia on October 23rd is the film McCanick, a film starring David Morse and the late Cory Montieth. Bill Craske, filling in for Larry Heath, caught up with Morse to talk about the film – which sees him take on the role of a narcotics detective, hunting down a “seemingly harmless young…

The Drones played the Metro Theatre on Saturday night with support from Harmony. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.

Larry chats to Jon Fratelli from Glasgow’s The Fratellis to talk about returning from a hiatus, producing their new record We Need Medicine – which is out next month – their “strange mix” of Australian fans, what the band learnt in their time apart and much more… We Need Medicine is out in Australia on…